Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 10:16 AM CDT for Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1998, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1998, 11:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
831 WUUS1 KSTL 211518 RRA SVRSTL MOC205-211605- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1016 AM CDT THU MAY 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI * UNTIL 1105 AM CDT * AT 1016 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LEONARD AND CLARENCE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED... SHELBYVILLE SHELBINA THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. MOVE QUICKLY TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. GLASS/GS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026- 027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-211700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 550 AM CDT THU MAY 21 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. . STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITDOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. DLF
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ009-010-018-019-026- 027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-211700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 550 AM CDT THU MAY 21 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST LOUIS. AREAS INCLUDED ARE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. . STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITDOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS FOR POSSIBLE SKYWARN ACTIVATION. DLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe | 47 min |
| May 21, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| May 21, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 21, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 35 min |
| May 21, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 32 min |
| May 21, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 50 min |
| May 21, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade | 47 min |
| May 21, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 47 min |
| May 21, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 48 min |
| May 21, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 44 min |
| May 21, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 21, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 46 min |
| May 21, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Saint Francois | 52 min |
| May 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 45 min |
| May 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 5 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.